Our 2023 dry Muscat Canelli is a crisp white wine that is highly aromatic with beguiling tropical and floral notes. The aromatics of this wine are always so special ā one sniff and youāll fall in love. Very pale straw in color with bold aromas of tropical fruit, lychee, pineapple, guava, and white peach. Flavors match the aromas, with a touch of jasmine and green-apple like acidity in the finish. This is such a great wine to enjoy pairing with tons of exciting dishes ā go wild! Deliciously well-balanced with a pure, clean flavor profile and silky smooth texture. I love it just as much as I did when I first started making it 20 years ago!
La Sirena was founded by winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett in 1994, and was born out of chance opportunity ā a custom crush wine for a client that fell through.
Today, La Sirena makes around 3000 cases of 8-10 different wines each year. The current lineup includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Pirate TreasuRed, Moscato Azul, Rosato, Chardonnay, Barrett Vineyard Syrah, and Studio Series, as well as sister brands Barrett & Barrett and Aviatrix. All the wines are small production lots made with great care and the highest quality in mind. Based in Heidiās hometown of Calistoga, these wines are near and dear to her heart ā literally. Heidiās home vineyards provide much of the Cab and Syrah she uses in her wines, as well as one special acre of Muscat Canelli grapes to use in the now-iconic Moscato Azul. Heidi loves having her own brand because she gets to make whatever she wants ā creating, experimenting, and being free to explore and play, while also giving her fans the delicious (and fun!) wines they have come to expect from her.
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How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
La Sirena Moscato Azul - $50 = 23.80%
La Sirena 2023 Moscato Azul 100% Muscat Canelli ā 80% Lake County, 20% Calistoga (Napa County)
13.5% Alcohol; 0.5% RS (bone dry); Unoaked; Winemaker: Heidi Peterson Barrett
Iāve been loving the La Sirena Rosato of Primitivo I purchased here in April, so I was EXCITED to get a different La Sirena for a Lab Rat review. Thanks to @WCCWineGirl and the whole WCC crew for the privilege. Ordering a case before I posted this and KAOLISCAVEād it.
Striking cobalt blue bottle. (Lab Rat banner image adjusted accordingly.) Donāt for a minute expect a Blue Nun to emerge; this is a Siren all the way. And yes, she sings!
PnP right out of the fridge. DIAM 3 ātechnicalā natural cork. Wine has barely any color; the palest of straw. Crystal clarity. I meant to take a picture of the wine in the glass, but every time I thought to do this the glass was empty, for some reason.
Immediate, soaring aromatics. That which we love about muscat canelli. I got pineapple, white peach, and something between lemon curd and citrus blossoms, and other tropicals in general. My honey also gotā¦ honey and honeysuckle. I just kept taking in aromas for 5 minutes, trying to get more words, before moving on to first sip.
Packed with flavor on the palate, even fully chilled. Pineapple, lemon, honey all there. A very tropical dry muscato. Who knew? Bone dry and yet intensely fruity. Itās seriously rich, with a decadent long finish. Racy acidity holding it all together and making it pair really well with a variety of foods. This is not a flabby wine at all.
This wine was banginā with asparagus/smoked salmon/cherry tomato pasta served with a squirt of lemon juice and plenty of our best EVOO. Simply wonderful chilled on the hot day we have here in SE Michigan (105Ā°F heat index).
This bottle again confirmed what many of you already knew: Heidi knows what sheās doing. No-brainer buy for me, assuming the usual Casemates generous discount. Did I mention that I really enjoyed this wine?
The bottle arrived in plenty of time before the launch so I had time to let the bottle sit and chill. Thank you Alice!
A very different look with the deep translucent blue bottle and attractive label.
The composite cork (logoād- might be a higher end wine?) pulled with ease.
Lichee wafted assertively on the pour. very pale with some legs. Lichee, melon, flowers, and a little lemon on the swirl and nose.
First sip, a bit acrid on the front palate, surprisingly not as much fruit. Slightly bitter rather than acidic. This had some staying power through the mid-palate.
After a few minutes in the glass and warming up, still quite fragrant. A bit more astringency with fruit emerging rather than bitterness, the lichee gave way to peach and melon. This has a rounder and semi-full feel in the mouth as the glass warmed. Not a sweet wine, yet it tastes sweet if that makes any sense. After 2 small glasses, Iām feeling the alcohol!
I failed in food attempted food matching.
First try was with Croque Monsieur (my way fresh garlic) and then for dinner, a Pan Seared Salmon Beurre Blanc. Both clashed with this Moscat, and I switched to a Vermintino from an earlier Casemates offer. I suspect this dry Moscat might complement spicy and/or sweet Asian fare but there will not be any leftover from this Rat bottle to give it a go!
@irenegade Coincidentally, we also had an open bottle of a Casemates-offered Vermentino in the fridge. Was it the Casino Mine Ranch (Amador)? Thatās been yummy.
Interesting that we had somewhat different takes on the La Sirena. Salmon can be problematic for dry wines, but it was very nice with my pasta and didnāt, for me, clash with the modest chunks of smoked salmon in it.
@baldwino0 Yup, thatās it! It may have been the fat (cheese and butter) that conflicted, but then again I still have long term COVID taste and smell issues that still act up from time to time. I did enjoy it as it evolved in the glass. I didnāt find it racey as you described, and I this muscat should be enjoyed sooner than later.
Paid $27/btl from another vendor for the '22 and was extremely happy with the qpr. At this price Iām in for a case despite the completely full celler, fwiw.
Thinking a nice summer sipper but purchase would be summer hold, so there goes summer, well part of it, still plenty warm in SCā¦but also thinking this is versatile enough to toss at Thanksgiving.
Iām assuming @Winedavid49 has the cab in the pipeline right?
If anyone in the Boston - Weston corridor wants to share, with summer hold āshippingā, I would take one of a four pack or three of a case. (I would prefer three of a case.) You order.
In for a case. Sounds very interestingā¦Iāve never tried a dry Moscato. I forgot to use the KAOLISCAVE coupon but Iām sure I will use it later in the summer. (If I can remember!)
/giphy used-freezing-rice
Thinking of going for the caseā¦ whenās the drink-by on the 2023 assuming kept in the fridge? We donāt go through a lot of white wine but that case QPR is great.
As I reported, the cork closure is a DIAM 3 technical cork. The number ārefers to the minimum number of years the closure is guaranteed to perform at the specified OTR rating [oxygen transmission rate or permeability].ā So the winemaker here is, in my opinion, suggesting a maximum 3 year drinking window, taking into account that the wine was bottled in Jan. 2024 and released in May 2024, over a year ago.
You can store it unopened in a cool, dark place through the end of the year, no problem, IMHO.
Best enjoyed between 2024 and 2026 (Based on 33 user opinions)
CT ādrink-byā dates are notoriously conservative (imo). Keep the bottle horizontal or inverted (wet cork) and at a reasonable and constant temperature, < 60Ā°F/15Ā°C, and you should be good for at least 3~5 years beyond vintage/bottling.
@ellen3kay@WkdPanda where are you located? What time of day did your package arrive? Was it packed in paper or styro? Were the contents of the bottle uniformly that hot or mostly the neck of the bottles? What does the tracking information show about its path to get to you?
@klezman@WkdPanda
Iām in the Chicago area. Case delivered at 11:30am after starting off the journey, June 23rd, at 4:54pm. They were packed in paper and all the bottles were uniformly that warm.
@ellen3kay@WkdPanda Ouch. Shipping during a heat dome without insulation or cold packs is not what Iād expect from WCC. @WineDavid59 maybe you can comment here?
@klezman@Winedavid59@WkdPanda
Itās disappointing because I really want to order the La Sirena Moscato Azul to have now, but not if they are going to be delivered that hot.
@ellen3kay@klezman@WkdPanda if they were packed in paper, that means that it was likely damanged and carrier repacks into paper and still delivers remaining bottles (not ideal but thatās how big brown does it when something gets damaged in transit and they deem some of the product salvagable). we are implementing 2 day transit shipping on next offer i believe.
@WkdPanda My last shipment got fried. started pushing the corks out. If you give chatGPT the UPS travel history it will calculate the wine temp for the entire trip.
@ellen3kay@klezman@Winedavid59@WkdPanda hey didnāt see that you said summer shipping next offer before my previous post, but this offer now states 2 dayā¦either way good options
@ellen3kay@kaolis@klezman@Winedavid59@WkdPanda OT, but re: shipping options. Earlier today I was going to order a 4-pack and clicked the link to summer shipping, which showed them sold out. āOh wellā says I, I missed the boat. A while later it occurred to me to check the October shipping page and, sure enough, 4-packs were still available! I ended up splitting a case with @losthighwayz, but WD, you may be missing sales because inventory is (artificially?) segregated by web page.
@davirom@ellen3kay@kaolis@klezman@losthighwayz@Winedavid59@WkdPanda
Very unusual for the 4 pack to sellout before the case. Maybe just a temporary glitch? Or the allotment did sell out and was replenished, as are cases at times. The idea that available inventory may be split between the two offer types, resulting in false sellouts, is just another feather in the dev teamās dunce cap.
2023 La Sirena Moscato Azul
Tasting Notes
Specs
Whatās Included
4-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
$360.00/Case for 12x 2023 La Sirena Moscato Azul at Iron La Sirena
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Monday, Jul 14 - Tuesday, Jul 15
2023 La Sirena Moscato Azul
4 bottles for $69.99 $17.50/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $159.99 $13.33/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: tax and shipping are not included in savings calculations.)
La Sirena Moscato Azul - $50 = 23.80%
La Sirena 2023 Moscato Azul
100% Muscat Canelli ā 80% Lake County, 20% Calistoga (Napa County)
13.5% Alcohol; 0.5% RS (bone dry); Unoaked; Winemaker: Heidi Peterson Barrett
Iāve been loving the La Sirena Rosato of Primitivo I purchased here in April, so I was EXCITED to get a different La Sirena for a Lab Rat review. Thanks to @WCCWineGirl and the whole WCC crew for the privilege. Ordering a case before I posted this and KAOLISCAVEād it.
Striking cobalt blue bottle. (Lab Rat banner image adjusted accordingly.) Donāt for a minute expect a Blue Nun to emerge; this is a Siren all the way. And yes, she sings!
PnP right out of the fridge. DIAM 3 ātechnicalā natural cork. Wine has barely any color; the palest of straw. Crystal clarity. I meant to take a picture of the wine in the glass, but every time I thought to do this the glass was empty, for some reason.
Immediate, soaring aromatics. That which we love about muscat canelli. I got pineapple, white peach, and something between lemon curd and citrus blossoms, and other tropicals in general. My honey also gotā¦ honey and honeysuckle. I just kept taking in aromas for 5 minutes, trying to get more words, before moving on to first sip.
Packed with flavor on the palate, even fully chilled. Pineapple, lemon, honey all there. A very tropical dry muscato. Who knew? Bone dry and yet intensely fruity. Itās seriously rich, with a decadent long finish. Racy acidity holding it all together and making it pair really well with a variety of foods. This is not a flabby wine at all.
This wine was banginā with asparagus/smoked salmon/cherry tomato pasta served with a squirt of lemon juice and plenty of our best EVOO. Simply wonderful chilled on the hot day we have here in SE Michigan (105Ā°F heat index).
This bottle again confirmed what many of you already knew: Heidi knows what sheās doing. No-brainer buy for me, assuming the usual Casemates generous discount. Did I mention that I really enjoyed this wine?
@baldwino0
Aha! I thought something was different. And your rattage pushed me over he edge:
/showme ebbing-graceful-gnome
La Sirena Moscato Azul Dry Muscat California 2023
The bottle arrived in plenty of time before the launch so I had time to let the bottle sit and chill. Thank you Alice!
A very different look with the deep translucent blue bottle and attractive label.
The composite cork (logoād- might be a higher end wine?) pulled with ease.
Lichee wafted assertively on the pour. very pale with some legs. Lichee, melon, flowers, and a little lemon on the swirl and nose.
First sip, a bit acrid on the front palate, surprisingly not as much fruit. Slightly bitter rather than acidic. This had some staying power through the mid-palate.
After a few minutes in the glass and warming up, still quite fragrant. A bit more astringency with fruit emerging rather than bitterness, the lichee gave way to peach and melon. This has a rounder and semi-full feel in the mouth as the glass warmed. Not a sweet wine, yet it tastes sweet if that makes any sense. After 2 small glasses, Iām feeling the alcohol!
I failed in food attempted food matching.
First try was with Croque Monsieur (my way fresh garlic) and then for dinner, a Pan Seared Salmon Beurre Blanc. Both clashed with this Moscat, and I switched to a Vermintino from an earlier Casemates offer. I suspect this dry Moscat might complement spicy and/or sweet Asian fare but there will not be any leftover from this Rat bottle to give it a go!
I think this would be a great apƩritif and also something to break out for a change of pace on the patio!
Cheers!
@irenegade Coincidentally, we also had an open bottle of a Casemates-offered Vermentino in the fridge. Was it the Casino Mine Ranch (Amador)? Thatās been yummy.
Interesting that we had somewhat different takes on the La Sirena. Salmon can be problematic for dry wines, but it was very nice with my pasta and didnāt, for me, clash with the modest chunks of smoked salmon in it.
@baldwino0 Yup, thatās it! It may have been the fat (cheese and butter) that conflicted, but then again I still have long term COVID taste and smell issues that still act up from time to time. I did enjoy it as it evolved in the glass. I didnāt find it racey as you described, and I this muscat should be enjoyed sooner than later.
@irenegade We intend to drink all of this before the end of 2025, yes. Make room for the next vintage should Casemates get some of that!
Paid $27/btl from another vendor for the '22 and was extremely happy with the qpr. At this price Iām in for a case despite the completely full celler, fwiw.
Thinking a nice summer sipper but purchase would be summer hold, so there goes summer, well part of it, still plenty warm in SCā¦but also thinking this is versatile enough to toss at Thanksgiving.
Iām assuming @Winedavid49 has the cab in the pipeline right?
@kaolis Hey,speaking of SCā¦dual purpose purchase here in the Lowcountry
@kaolis It should do well at Thanksgiving, yes. Summer hold for summer wines is a dilemma for sure. Several cases of white and rosĆ© quaffers showing up in September is no fun at all. Iāve never figured out where heat damage is most likely to occurā¦ āfirst mileā? ālast mileā? anywhere? In summer, wines to Michigan usually ride on I-80 most of the way. There are heat waves but not weeks or months long. For the record, Iāve never had any Casemates wines arrive heat (or frost) damaged. Rarely, a slightly pushed cork (1/4" at most), but the wine always ended up fine.
@kaolis āDo do that voodoo that you do so wellā
@baldwino0 I can use all of the help that I can get! Maybe I should order multiple cases??
@kaolis
If there are SoCal people who are planning to go to either the Arboretum or the meetup in Whittier, I would take 4, order, and use the $10 coupon.
@davirom I was going to order 4 since there was no response, but 4ās are sold out.
@davirom Iāll split with you
@losthighwayz Done.
Interview with Heidi Barrett, a little discussion about the wine on the front endā¦
http://sawyersomm.com/archives/7830
If anyone in the Boston - Weston corridor wants to share, with summer hold āshippingā, I would take one of a four pack or three of a case. (I would prefer three of a case.) You order.
@bdb Someone privately said they would take 5 from a case, meaning I am looking for someone who would want 4 from a case.
In for a case. Sounds very interestingā¦Iāve never tried a dry Moscato. I forgot to use the KAOLISCAVE coupon
but Iām sure I will use it later in the summer. 
(If I can remember!)
/giphy used-freezing-rice
Thinking of going for the caseā¦ whenās the drink-by on the 2023 assuming kept in the fridge? We donāt go through a lot of white wine but that case QPR is great.
@ludwigmace I donāt think anyone publishes a metric like that, but here are two thoughts.
The wine is ready to drink. It requires no aging. Most people would say moscato wonāt benefit from aging (unless an individual has particular experience or preferences). Like a rosĆ©, it is best to drink as young as possible.
As I reported, the cork closure is a DIAM 3 technical cork. The number ārefers to the minimum number of years the closure is guaranteed to perform at the specified OTR rating [oxygen transmission rate or permeability].ā So the winemaker here is, in my opinion, suggesting a maximum 3 year drinking window, taking into account that the wine was bottled in Jan. 2024 and released in May 2024, over a year ago.
You can store it unopened in a cool, dark place through the end of the year, no problem, IMHO.
@baldwino0 @ludwigmace
CT ādrink-byā dates are notoriously conservative (imo). Keep the bottle horizontal or inverted (wet cork) and at a reasonable and constant temperature, < 60Ā°F/15Ā°C, and you should be good for at least 3~5 years beyond vintage/bottling.
@baldwino0 @rjquillin Sounds like this should still be tasty next summer and thatād be it, which is totally fair. Thanks!
Anyone in Minneapolis metro want to split a case?
Rolling the dice on summer shipping. Rarely had a bad wine show up.
@WkdPanda
I donāt think summer shipping is in effect anymore now that there is a hold option, but that has not been confirmed.
@WkdPanda Just received my case of Daou RosƩ. No summer shipping and bottles were 92.6 degrees.
@ellen3kay @WkdPanda where are you located? What time of day did your package arrive? Was it packed in paper or styro? Were the contents of the bottle uniformly that hot or mostly the neck of the bottles? What does the tracking information show about its path to get to you?
@klezman @WkdPanda
Iām in the Chicago area. Case delivered at 11:30am after starting off the journey, June 23rd, at 4:54pm. They were packed in paper and all the bottles were uniformly that warm.
@ellen3kay @WkdPanda Ouch. Shipping during a heat dome without insulation or cold packs is not what Iād expect from WCC.
@WineDavid59 maybe you can comment here?
@klezman @Winedavid59 @WkdPanda
Itās disappointing because I really want to order the La Sirena Moscato Azul to have now, but not if they are going to be delivered that hot.
@ellen3kay @klezman @WkdPanda if they were packed in paper, that means that it was likely damanged and carrier repacks into paper and still delivers remaining bottles (not ideal but thatās how big brown does it when something gets damaged in transit and they deem some of the product salvagable). we are implementing 2 day transit shipping on next offer i believe.
@ellen3kay @klezman @WkdPanda dang! Enough questions? lol
@WkdPanda My last shipment got fried. started pushing the corks out. If you give chatGPT the UPS travel history it will calculate the wine temp for the entire trip.
@ellen3kay @klezman @losthighwayz @WkdPanda @chipgreen @rjquillin @Winedavid49 looks like Two Day Summer on orders not being held is indeed a go. Didnāt notice it earlier but front offer page says summer shipping is in effect. Hold or two day, nice touch
@ellen3kay @klezman @Winedavid59 @WkdPanda hey didnāt see that you said summer shipping next offer before my previous post, but this offer now states 2 dayā¦either way good options
@ellen3kay @kaolis @klezman @Winedavid59 @WkdPanda OT, but re: shipping options. Earlier today I was going to order a 4-pack and clicked the link to summer shipping, which showed them sold out. āOh wellā says I, I missed the boat. A while later it occurred to me to check the October shipping page and, sure enough, 4-packs were still available! I ended up splitting a case with @losthighwayz, but WD, you may be missing sales because inventory is (artificially?) segregated by web page.
@davirom @ellen3kay @klezman @losthighwayz @Winedavid59 @WkdPanda well right now for me 4 packs and 12 packs are both available for ship now or hold, nothing sold out
@davirom @ellen3kay @kaolis @klezman @Winedavid59 @WkdPanda well played Davirom! Got me to bite
@davirom @ellen3kay @kaolis @klezman @losthighwayz @Winedavid59 @WkdPanda
Very unusual for the 4 pack to sellout before the case. Maybe just a temporary glitch? Or the allotment did sell out and was replenished, as are cases at times. The idea that available inventory may be split between the two offer types, resulting in false sellouts, is just another feather in the dev teamās dunce cap.